Spirit turtle old and wise

 

I started with a turtle design and kind of fell into it. The lines started feeling more fluid and has the gorgeous ethereal aire and the eyes feel like they follow you.
I felt the message was "Slow down and let it take its course, the harder I try to swim, I move, but if I let go and flow I seem to move a lot faster."

acrylic on paper
30x42 cm paper size
40.5 x 27.5 painting on paper size
all sizes approximate ( as close to)

short video of details on you tube: https://youtu.be/jMne9IXOqqs